All driver trainers are required to complete an initial
4-day certification course and an 6-hour annual update
training. Kentucky is nationally recognized for its
driver training with many states modeling our program.
(KDE does not charge a fee for training.)

NAPT...Bullying Two training modules were
jointly created by NAPT, the Education Department's
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and the Safe and
Supportive Schools Technical Assistance Center.

National School Bus
Safety Week – National Association for Pupil
Transportation - is always held the third full week in
October. The resource guides and activity booklets can
be used to reinforce each year's theme.

Kids Page – School Bus & School Zone Safety This website provides students with rules and activities for being a safe bus rider. Your school district probably has a school bus behavior policy. Your bus driver's number one interest is your safety. He or she will ask you to be on your ... (SafeNY.com)

Aboutschool.com is a good source for bus safety rules for students. It has rules for the bus stop, on the bus, exiting the bus…

Special Safety Concerns of the School Bus …- Every weekday in the school year school transportation systems in the United States operate approximately 440,000 yellow school buses to provide safe transportation for more than 24 million school-aged children. This synthesis documents the various safety issues faced by the school bus industry. Safety issues include each aspect of school bus operations, including the driver, environment, equipment/technology, and organizational design. Information was gathered through a literature review and a survey on school bus safety issues that was disseminated to a variety of professionals associated with school bus operations. … (Transportation Research Board of the National Academies)

Free School Bus Driver In-service Safety Series -
The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration) has available a free school bus driver
in-service training series. This series of refresher
trainings comprises nine programs on driving a school
bus. The nine programs are; Adverse Weather, Driver
Attitude, Emergency Evacuation, Highway Rail Grade
Crossings, Know Your Route, Loading and Unloading,
Student Management, Students with Special Needs, and
Vehicle Training. … . This refresher … which is
frequently requested by school bus drivers and pupil
transportation supervisors. …. The intended audience is
experienced school bus drivers. This is an in-service
training program, not a training program for new
drivers.

NHTSA has also posted -
Child Safety Restraint Systems in School Buses - Six modules covering the
basics of child safety restraint systems (CSRS) include
specific information on rear-facing and forward-facing
seats and safety vests. The training is available in
English and Spanish and is intended as an introduction
to proper use of CSRS in school buses and as a refresher
overview.